[uf-discuss] Regarding POSH and misuse of the microformats logo

[Charles Iliya Krempeaux]

Hello,

If you really have to make up a new name... then how about... SHTML.
(Short for "Semantic HTML".)

(It's similar in vein to XHTML.)


SHTML is... Simple, to the point, and sexy :-)


See ya

On 5/6/07, Patrick H. Lauke <redux at splintered.co.uk> wrote:
> Frances Berriman wrote:
>
> > This is kind of why I have a problem with the "POSH" thing.
> >
> > Yeah, it's meant to be a bit of a joke (and plenty of people are
> > laughing) - but for those people that would actually benefit from
> > improving their knowledge of HTML and semantics - seeing another
> > acronym with unknown origins thrown around isn't necessarily going to
> > make them learn any more!
>
> Also, from a marketing perspective, I'd posit that "plain" and "old" are
> probably not the best terms to sex up and sell the idea.
>
> P
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